{"id":26042,"date":"2025-02-01T21:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26042"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:36:33","slug":"gpls-power-supply-adequate-to-meet-national-demands-no-outages-expected-says-dr-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gpls-power-supply-adequate-to-meet-national-demands-no-outages-expected-says-dr-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL\u2019s Power Supply Adequate to Meet National Demands, No Outages Expected, Says Dr. Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kristin Josiah, NCN News \u2013 December 28, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has sufficient power generation capacity to meet the national grid demands, eliminating concerns over potential outages due to insufficient supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to PPP General Secretary and Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, GPL&#8217;s generation capacity now exceeds 200 megawatts, with a reserve of 67 megawatts, which ensures a stable supply of electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo explained that the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) has a total capacity of 267 megawatts, with peak demand typically around 200 megawatts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant contributor to this increased generation capacity is the addition of two power ships that are now connected to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that the next step for GPL is enhancing its grid system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted the current challenge of lacking redundancy in the power supply network, particularly with a single line stretching from Georgetown to Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, GPL is working on a Grid Improvement System, which includes the installation of a 230-kilovolt-amperes line to transmit electricity from Georgetown to Linden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Dr. Jagdeo revealed that millions of dollars are being invested to upgrade the country\u2019s electricity distribution systems, with a $200 million tender underway for additional infrastructure development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes after President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali&#8217;s statement that the management of GPL will be held accountable for any failure to improve the power supply system by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristin Josiah, NCN News \u2013 December 28, 2024 The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has sufficient power generation capacity to meet the national grid demands, eliminating concerns over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26043,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26042\/revisions\/26043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}